Wire fence



WIRE PENG.

PatentedJune 2,1891.

W W w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERGE H. GROSVENOR, OF HORNLLSVILLE, NEV YORK.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,272, dated June 2, 1891.

Application filed December 18, 1890. Serial No. 375,098. (No model.)

To coZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. GRosvENoR, of Hornellsville, in the countyof Steuben and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in wire fences, the 'object being to provide an improved wire cable to be used in the construction of wire fences, which shall consist of few wires so connected together that great rigidity and strength shall be acquired and more than the ordinary width of cable shall be attained; and, further, the obj ect is to provide a fenoe-cable which shall be as effective as the ordinary barb-wire in retaining stock without the disadvantages attending the use of ordinary barb-wire.

VVith these ends in view my invention consists in two or more wires so connected together -as to give width and rigidity to the cable and add to the effectiveness of the fence in keeping back stock.

The accompanying drawing is a view in perspective of my improved cable, showing two or three different modes of connecting the several wires together and showing the cable attached to a post.

A A represent a pair of wires twisted together in the usual way. This may be done Vby any machinery adapted for the purpose; but this portion of the invention is of course old and well known, and is only described as being a part of my invention, the essential feature of which consists of the zigzag wire B. The latter may be connected in various ways with the other wires, and it maybe bent to form rounded projections O, or angular ones, as preferred. In any event it is better to extend the projections in the same longitudinal plane, so that the greatest possible width is given to the cable with the least possible amount of Wire. Furthermore, it gives a more symmetrical and otherwise neater appearance to the cable, and, again, it widens the dable, so that the several cables of a fence can be placed farther apart, and thus the number required can be reduced by at least one and the projections made effective as barbs without the injurious effects of cutting and tearing the fiesh and manes of the stock.

The Wire B is preferably inserted between the wires A A and bent around one or both of them, as shown in the drawing; or the Wire B may simply be bent around the wires A A in the first instance and not be passed between them at all.

In any event the zigzag wire acts as a bracc or truss, helping to strengthen and support the rest of the wires. They are so connected .that it is impossible for them to turn or slip,

and the result is that one composite cable is formed of the three wires.

It is evident thatslight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangeinent of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the eXact construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I clairn as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a pair of wires twisted together, of a zigzag Wire bent around one or both ofthe twisted wires at the point of contact and forming lateral projections between these points of contact, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a pair of wires twisted together, of a zigzag Wire passed between these twisted wires at the points of contact and bent around one or both of them, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two Subscribing' witnesses. i

GEORGE H. GROSVENOR. Vitnesses:

O. P. DRURY. Gno. F. DowNING. 

